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2/16/2026 11:07:00 AM | Men's Basketball
Horned Frogs face the Knights at 6 p.m. CT on Tuesday
FORT WORTH – TCU (16-9, 6-6) will look for its first win at UCF (17-7, 6-6) when the Horned Frogs face the Knights at 6 p.m. CT Tuesday at Addition Financial Arena. The game will air on ESPN+.
NOTES
- The Horned Frogs have won five of their last seven games.
- TCU will try for its fourth-straight Big 12 win, which would tie for the longest in program history (2018).
- TCU is 5-4 away from Schollmaier Arena this season.
- TCU is 5-6 in NET Q1 games. It's the sixth most Q1 wins in the Big 12 with another Q1 opportunity on Tuesday.
- Of TCU's nine losses this season, six were by six points or less.
- Sophomore David Punch leads the team in points (14.2) and rebounds (6.9).
- Punch is the only player averaging at least 14 points, 6.0 rebounds, 1.0 assist, 1.0 steal and 2.0 blocks.
- Punch's 2.1 blocks per game ranks second in the Big 12 and 20th nationally.
- Punch ranks 12th in the Big 12 with 6.9 rebounds per game.
- Xavier Edmonds, the No. 1 JUCO recruit last year, has been named to the Big 12 Starting Five twice this season.
- Edmonds is averaging more points (14.6-10.5) and rebounds (7.9-4.2) in Big 12 play than he did in nonconference.
- Edmonds ranks third in the Big 12 with 56.3 percent shooting in conference games.
- Edmonds is averaging a team-best 15.0 points and 8.4 rebounds in road games this season.
- Edmonds' six double-doubles this season is the most at TCU since Kevin Samuel in 2020 (11).
- Liutauras Lelevicius is TCU's top 3-point threat at 40.7 percent. He is shooting 50.0 percent in Big 12 play.
- Brock Harding ranks fourth in the Big 12 and 27th nationally with 5.9 assists per game.
- Harding has had four or more assists in all but one (at CU) Big 12 game.
- Harding ranks ninth in the Big 12 with 1.6 steals per game.
- Harding is one of seven players in the Big 12 averaging at least 8.0 points, 5.0 assists and 1.0 steal.
- Tanner Toolson is 28 points away from 1,000 for his career.
- TCU ranks 29th in defensive efficiency with a rating of 98.2 according to KenPom.
- TCU ranks third in the Big 12 with 13.8 turnovers forced per game.
- TCU ranks third in the Big 12 in turnover margin at +2.5.
- TCU has had less than 10 turnovers in a game eight times this season including eight Saturday at Oklahoma State.
- TCU ranks sixth in the Big 12 with 7.5 steals per game.
- TCU ranks third in the Big 12 and 27th nationally with 15.0 fastbreak points per game.
- TCU ranks second in the Big 12 and 22nd nationally with 5.0 blocks per game.
- It is Jamie Dixon's 10th season with the Horned Frogs. His 520 career wins ranks 20th among active coaches.
- Dixon was inducted into the Southwest Conference Hall of Fame in August.
- Dixon is one of just 11 active head coaches who have made at least 15 appearances in the NCAA Tournament.
ABOUT THE OPPONENT
- UCF is 17-7 overall and 6-6 in the Big 12 following its third-straight loss, a 74-67 defeat at home to West Virginia.
- Riley Kugel leads four Knights in double figure scoring average with 14.3 points per game. Themus Fulks ranks second in the Big 12 and 12th nationally with 6.8 assists per game.
- The Knights are shooting 37.1 percent from three, which ranks third in the Big 12.
SERIES HISTORY
- The all-time series is tied 2-2.
- The Frogs won the previous meeting, 89-78, last season in Fort Worth.
- TCU is looking for its first win in Orlando after falling in its only game there last season, 85-58.
- TCU won the first meeting in the series, 68-53, in the semifinal of the 2017 NIT.
- In Jamie Dixon's first season as a head coach, his Pitt team defeated UCF, 53-44, in the first round of the NCAA Tournament in Milwaukee in 2004.
LAST TIME OUT
- TCU never trailed in a 95-92 overtime win at Oklahoma State Saturday at Gallagher-Iba Arena.
- David Punch led six Horned Frogs in double-figures with 19 points. Xavier Edmonds had 15 points and 10 rebounds.
UP NEXT
- TCU will host two-straight games beginning with West Virginia on Saturday at 4 p.m. on Peacock.
